A true warrior. To All those who booed and whistled. How does it feel now to know she was correct. Stop listening to the media. RIP Sinéad. Nothing compares to you.
❤️A beautiful soul who found the truth Islam. Allah (God) spoke the truth... Her voicing the Evil Systems and their oppression of the people Especially children (naming their pedophilic institutions) made her an even bigger target... The truth (Islam) comes at a price (death) only few in history have made such a step the likes of Malcolm X May Allah (God) grant her Janath ul Firdos (paradise) Ameen ❤
@@ziggyaziz2689 She was 100% right about the Catholic Church and its protection of paedophile priests but get down off your high horse about Islam. The oppression the women of Iran are going thru now thanks to that Religion is a disgrace. And its not just Iran. Its Afghanistan and lots of other Muslim countries. The Hijab is a symbol of oppression and it saddened me to see Sinead in it. But no one is perfect. ALL Religions have their ways to oppress. Islam is probably the most oppressive of all right now.
Thank you for your comments I love it whenever anyone speaks the truth something this sweetheart stood for.... May Allah (God) bless the brave girl it's a very lonely place when you speak about these issues in the open you and your family are in the firing line of the Israeli, western governments the United Nations and their institutions all which perpetuate Evil on the children and innocent humans across the world....
For years people knew about the child abuse scandals and nothing was done. This ruined her in the US because they couldn't stand the truth, but she did the right thing and I'm glad we have people like her in the world who are prepared to make a stand.
It's the same thing that's happening now with trans children. People like JK Rowling get daily abuse for saying basic things about child safeguarding. We never learn.
@@psulionz87 She never did it for the fame or a big career anyway, she is a protest singer, an activist, she's not a popstar and she never wanted to be.
The USA in general could not get their head around the fact she refused to sing their anthem before some gig. She would not do it. One commenter, a female I might add, was told she was abused as a child and this woman said "in her case, it was justified!". In the USA it seems that the country is an extension or, even worse, the centre of your ego so it cannot be criticised. And she did. She called out artists why they weren't more vocal and outspoken against the first Gulf war....I think she is a fantastic, strong person who does not obey to what management or anyone else tries to demand from her. We need more of these people in our societies.
Very true but in this mans very humble perspective, it's more than bravery. Sinead has always held and spoke a truth.Most do this now for publicity under false virtue.This was and still is, a woman of real character and conviction who has a heart that could never be tainted or torn from the essence of where we all really should be.
@@jim7976 I agree, jim. I remember watching this and thinking,"why the hell are the fans booing the truth?" Sinead was 100 percent right. The fans from this concert are MAJOR hypocrites and should've apologized Sinead. We are gonna miss her.
The irony that she thought she was playing to a 60's generation of love and peace, protest-friendly, Dylan fans and got boo'ed instead. I suppose it's easier coming from a man, but should a woman speak out, she's vilified. Shame on them. She had more dignity and courage in a small frame than all those people combined. Took the slings and arrows, and never compromised herself to sell a few more records. RIP Sinead. You were courage personified.
Wasn't stage fright. She stood there in defiance! She had previously taken a stand against the Catholic church on SNL and the audience wasn't letting it go.
right? it's stunning to watch how composed she was here. she had serious guts and perseverance. it seems like the disapproval made her performance even more fierce, if anything. i'm glad she didn't let them win and kept standing up for what's right. the world will miss you, Queen.
She was expecting it. She knew what the world is like. Look how people treated the unvaccinated and how they let authorities separate the dying from their loved ones.
This is chilling.... I can't even begin to comprehend the strength she had to stand there for all that time..... & then to press on & throw those words at them with such unrivalled power. Incredible...
It turns out you were right, Sinead. You were trying to raise awareness about unspeakable crimes within the church. You were actually trying to protect children and the religious bigots hated you for it. Rest in peace, Hero. ❤
It’s not just the Catholic Church, it’s also a lot of celebrities, politicians, and elites in high positions. Democrats, Republicans, independents, religious & non religious have all been fooled.
One small voice among millions. One voice that stood up and renounced the child abuse that has gone on for generations. This beautiful woman had the courage that few have ever displayed. Thank you Kris for recognizing this and for being in her corner. May God Bless you beautiful lady. May you and your son rest in the arms of the Angels ❤❤
Fuck yes!!!! She was courageous and bold, despite those who tried to break her spirit from a young age. Through her trauma she rose, and shared her voice for those who had none, for the vulnerable, the abused, the disadvantaged, the underdog. It was about something much bigger than her. She was here to help open peoples eyes and she did that. RIP Sinead. May god bless all of us as we try to make sense of this earthly life.
Sinead said during an interview she was fully practiced and prepared to sing something else - a cover of a Bob Dylan tune although I don't remember now which one - and so obviously her encore performance of 'War' was spontaneous, if not also simply perfect. And that toss of the head she does on the last note I'd say might be the most authentic moment I've ever witnessed through a film. Defiant, vulnerable, resolute, hurt, and alone. Wow.
From her documentary. Nothing compares 2022 My song that I was supposed to sing at the Madison square Garden was 'I believe in you' . The song was to be sang in a whisper and I knew that I couldn't because I wouldn't be heard, I would have been drowned out. I couldn't have that.
i've never seen this. i sat with my jaw open the entire time. this is easily one of the most powerful performances i've ever seen by any person. absolutely incredible. rest easy, Sinead.
Kris was actually sent out to get her off the stage. He said that he wouldn't. What he actually said to her was "don't let the bastards get you down!" It surprises me that fans of Bob Dylan... a man who was all about anti-establismentism, would be so hyper critical of Sinead. If only they knew then what we know now!
Because very few have integrity. If the mass believes one thing, so do they. Not Sinead. She has integrity, she will stand even alone, for what is JUST! 🙌🏻❤️
These notes are important. Thanks for sharing because many people (I am included) do not know these so it is helpful to have context. I like both Sinead and Kris but didn't even know about this interaction until I watched the recent Bob Marley movie and decided to research some of the songs played in it.
I had never seen this moment in history before. What a superhuman effort to stand there and receive all that abuse and those terrible insults because she was protesting against what she fervently believed had happened and was still happening. You're a true heroine, Sinead. May God bless you and give you eternal rest. ❤❤
Well done for her. Didn't know about this story until today. The passion on the way she shouts it. It's a protest and not a song. Also about Bob Marley, what a Legend. The lyrics of this song, so accurate, so true.
Yes they should hang their heads in shame. Easy to boo in a crowd. Sinead stood on stage steadfast. She bowed to no one. One brave lady. Sinead as an Irish person very proud of you. Sleep in peace you beautiful, courageous lady. 💜🙏
Bob Dylan and his fan were straight up rude to Sinéad O'Connor, a protest singer (wasn't that what Bob wanted to be?) and a rebel who spoke up for civil rights and against abusers. Did she give up? Did she sell out? She did not. She endured and continued to sing protest songs. Rest in Peace and in Power, Sinéad. ❤💚 💔💜
RIP - Nothing compares may be her most famous song among casual listeners . But this moment right here thou, this moment when it feels like the whole world is against you but you spoke out what you knew was right. And to be right years later when the truth is undeniable. Powerful.
Such a strong moment,such courage,such presence,such integrity and such honesty.... ...all wich the world wasn't mature enough to handle....she is a true hero
Powerful woman who stood for her rights and freedom of speech with no compromise. Troubled, but beautiful mind with the siren voice of an archangel. I hope she found her peace.🙏🏻
When the Catholic Church held all the power, some four hundred years ago, she would have been burned at the stake. It is incredibly disturbing to hear a crowd in the twentieth century react in that way. She spoke the truth regardless of the impact on her, because she knew what the abuse of children was actually like. I was not a fan of her music, but I have been very moved by her tragic death and the struggles she went though which few of us perhaps really appreciate. She dies an icon. I have just watched an interview with the director of a documentary about her. She said that when she premiered the documentary in Ireland, at the moment when Sinead tore up a photo of the Pope, the entire audience stood up and cheered. It is a shame that most of those at the Dylan concert, despite Dylan being himself an iconic protest singer in his youth, did not see what she was standing for and just how right she was.
I loved this woman, but she was not right here. The Pope was no supporting the child abuse. Neither the Church. The vast majority of priest don't practice it. The Catholic Church have been suffering a discredit campaign since the XVIII century and Sinead was a prey of this campaign.
@@bushratbeachbum Agreed. It should have been him that went out there. He should have spoken to the crowd. What she did was expose the institutionalised abuse within the Catholic Church. Dylan for all his sub-Woody Guthrie protest songs never as far as I know, make such a direct and challenging public statement.
Nothing funny about this, dude. She stood up in front of thousands of booing people who had no idea what she was fighting for and gave them a stiff "Fuck you!". She deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
Respect Sinead!...Sound of Freedom..... This artist new truth way before the rest of us....May she RIP with her beloved Son & may God watch over her children...Bless you Sinead. YOU WILL BE MISSED!
The bravest and best thing I have ever seen on youtube. The most benign yet powerful shepherd telling sheep how it is.....and how it should be. She was totally unique and we were utterly blessed to have had her grace our lives. Peace ❤
Just amazing. Her strength, dignity and her incredible artistry in the face of a hostile, ignorant mob, to just bust out Marley's War acapella, SMH. Thank God for the rare people like her who make a stand for the right thing and pay the price.
What a bad ass. She was talking about things that people were completely oblivious to and didn't give a crap to understand... and they tried to destroy her for it. What do those people think about the roman church abusing children now? It makes me angry how someone who is such a beautiful artist and popular artist a couple of years before this can get trashed by so many. And the horrible thing is you can see now what this did to her life, and now she just lost her son.
You made changes in this world Sinead. You touched so many lives. I hope you are happy where you are now. It was such a successful life you had spiritually and worldly.
Sinead O´Connors se presento en el concierto tributo a Bob Dylan el 16 de octubre de 1992. Yo tuve la suerte de estar ahí junto a mi esposa y nos toco presenciar uno de los momentos mas duros, dificiles e incongruentes en la historia del rock. Se celebraban los 30 años de carrera de uno de los cantantes mas queridos, admirados, criticados y controverciales del rock, Bob Dylan quien por años canto y protesto en contra de la ijusticia y estuvo a favor de los derechos civiles y humanos. Sinead era una de las invitadas a este concierto pero cuando subio al escenario fue abucheada por mas de la mitad de los asistentes al concierto en el Madison Square Garden por que dos semanas atras rompio la foto del Papa en en el programa SNL en protesta por los abusos en contra de niños por parte de la iglesia. Aun así, Sinead tuvo el valor de enfrentar a esta terrible audiencia llena de machistas hipocritas y frasantes que no la apoyaron y no entienden que las mujeres tambien tienen el derecho de alzar la voz. Lo más triste y dificil de asimilar es que todas esas personas que abuchearon a Sinead, estaban en ese concierto mostrando respeto y admiracion por alguien que siempre ha protestado y defendido los derechos humanos. Dificil de creer. Descanse en paz Sineand O'Connors. "Nada se compara a ti"
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Kris: “Don’t let the bastards get you down” Sinead: “I’m not down!” A defiant, proud Queen until the end 💪🏼 She fought the power and was ahead of her time. ارقد في سلام Shuhada' Sadaqat ☪️
What a perfect performance to a nation that are hell bent on war and destruction.God Bless the Irish and especially our dearly beloved Sinead.We (Irish) will love you forever RIP DARLIN xx❤xx
She was ridiculed for it. It wasn’t Bob Dylan’s finest hour. He said nothing. It was another signal that rock music was dying from within. Poor Sinead, she’s gone from one tragic episode to the next. I hope she finds peace one day.
@@marinaharding2789 Umm, it was his benefit, if any of the performers were to speak out over the crucifying Sinead unfairly took, yeah, should've been Bob, especially w his history of standing up against the establishment
Talk about being a friend to oppressed and powerless. Before she passed this year, showed this to my daughter as the example of strength, power and beauty when speaking truth to power. You can tell this was not Saint Sinead's first rodeo with abusive a-holes. Sweet girl be like f all ya' all❤❤❤❤
As a matter of fact Sinead is someone I've had plenty of personal contact with, and someone I am lucky enough to have known, and I've yet to meet a human being on this earth who even slightly compares to her. She doesn't suffer fools gladly as we all know, yet too,few know also that she's a profound genius born years ahead of her time. Music aside, Sinead is a kind, warm, fragile soul who doesn't even know herself how unique she is, nor.the she has the most beautiful eyes I've ever looked into
She took it on the chin and threw it back at them. What a worrier. She meandered through my life from her first appearance with the Lion and the Cobra to the end. I don't have the same struggle that she did because I'm a man but my love of the sufferer's music (reggae) was probably formed similarly to hers by singing in church and love of performing. I don't claim any similarity beyond my appreciation and awe of her magnificent fearlessness displayed here with her defiant silent receipt of the crowd's ineffective disapproval. I think she was probably supposed to sing Don't Cry for Me Argentina but this raw rendition of Bob (Marley's) War shows why she was so belovéd. Stripped down emotion and honesty with no apology (exactly as she had done the week before with the Pop's picture; well he wasn't a god was he?). I was bought up catholic too but came through unscathed; It didn't make me dislike her though. You were lovely Sinéad we will remember you forever!
She was soooo beyond her years and before her time. Her ferocity, her creed and her honesty are beyond measure. The world is a better place because of Sinéad O’Connor.
This woman was ahead of her time, it's maddening to see how the world condemned her but time proved her right and all these idiots who at some point pointed at her had to swallow their words, Sinéad O'Connor you were a brave and great woman. This world was very small for you and I hope that you and your son are in a better place, where there is happiness and no suffering. R.I.P
We have this concert on VHS. I remember watching this bit as a child and not understanding what was going on here. I remember seeing her walk off the stage and wretching. She was so vulnerable but also defiant. That look on her face at the end 😮
As she's singing the last word and shooting that look at the audience around 12 sec. from the end, something kind of amazing happens. I don't know to call it - just every time I watch it, I see it.
Sinnead will always be an inspiration to me, not only due to her incredible talent, but, due to the strength of her convictions. An amazing, brave, strong woman. Also, much respect to Kris Kristofferson for being the only one to show her any respect.
She was RIGHT!!! It is the finest blades that are most easily blunted, bent, or broken. And thank you for your initial real courage Sinead. Informing the world of factual abuse and atrocities, way before we were prepared to hear it, so forcefully. As an abused child, this warrior refused to roll a blind eye. "Through their own words, they will be exposed!" STRENGTH & COURAGE! And mental illness doesn't mean someone is "crazy or a loonie." Blessings to all! 🥰
Firstly she’s NOT even American why should we respect someone who doesn’t even respect our anthem. Yeah, whomever is here has every right to say whatever. And everyone else has just as much a right to trash the fck outta them. Access denied 🙅♂️
I was there. I was THRILLED to be in the same room as Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, et al, and I was equally thrilled when they introduced Sinead. Then the crowd, AT A BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE CONCERT of all places, originally a "protest singer"... and IN NEW YORK, a supposed liberal bastion in America, booed her practically off the stage forcing her into changing her program and quoting Bob Marley in song instead of Bob Dylan (you can hear the song she was supposed to sing, "I Believe in You" on the 2014 re-master of the album released from that concert). Kristofferson was a gem, but I've never been more embarrassed to be in a crowd. To "boo" this woman whose cause was real and true, whose talent was massive and whose presence was radiant left me so confused by what I was experiencing. Years later I interviewed her and asked about her recollections of this moment. She said "it was noise, and I've always loved noise." She was too classy to say anything negative. The fact is that she was a decade ahead of the headlines she was attempting to expose. Even though she was an early victim of cancel culture before it was called that, her shows in more recent years at the City Winery were fantastic. Sad that her gifts won't be experienced again live, but there are plenty of moments preserved in music and video... hope she's appreciated now as she certainly wasn't at Madison Square Garden that night.
She only told the piano player to stop when the piano music was beginning to make the audience noise drop (1:08). It seemed she oriented positively, somehow, to the authenticity of even the audience’s hostility, and when the piano started again at 1:48, she didn’t tell him to stop again until 2:12 as finally the audience noise seemed to be fading, again, and that’s when she took over and called for the mike to be turned up and put her hammer down. She was riding that intensity curve, and not letting it drop, despite the conflict, keeping the spectacle and emotion of the moment strong, all the way until her artwork came to its proper conclusion. The verses on class and race and skin color and human rights were clearly not getting through to the anti group who kept on jeering partly because of their confusion, like Sinead is supposed to be giving us anti church messages and here’s all this other stuff which we don’t understand so let’s jeer her even more due to their mental discomfort at having angry apparent-irrelevancy jammed down their throats. Only finally at 3:30 the audience turns, the not-even-getting-it and hostile crowd finally understands her point and submits to her in ultimate silence as the cheering tide rose. It seems she had a hunger, or maybe an instinct, for authenticity and emotional intensity. For engagement. And allowed even her enemies enough rope to be hostile to her face for long long seconds, just long enough to get it out of their systems, and ultimately to turn their judgment and incomprehension of her to shame of themselves. The greatest teaching moment I have seen. Genius.
Sinéad was to perform her beautiful "I Believe in You" May every person that rejected her truth & cruelly booed her now be wise to the evils she spoke of and believe her. May we have but a portion of her strength shown here. Rest In Eternal Peace. ❤🕊☮🍀
The Dylan fans, who I guess would have described themselves as left radicals once about at time, really show their true colours here. They should really be ashamed of themselves. The look of contempt on Sineads face just before she walks off is magical.
Huge props, obviously, to Shuhada (I'd call her Ms. Sadaqat but I genuinely don't have any idea if it'd be Ms. or Mrs.) for the guts it took to do this, but I have to give a shoutout to Kris Kristofferson being so genuinely supportive of her during this. He introduces her with this tone that makes me feel he has an immense respect for her as a performer, and it's a shame that this cuts the beginning of that introduction, "I’m real proud to introduce this next artist whose name became synonymous with courage and integrity", and when the crowd's noise is so thunderous she can't even begin to perform, he comes up and tells her "Don't let the bastards keep you down". Dude was a country singer, a star in a genre so masculine and so all-American and so Christian and against so much of what Shuhada stood for, in particular what she stood for with the SNL performance and this performance, but here he is comforting and supporting her with genuine warmth, like a father to a daughter, like a teacher to a student, a friend. After the performance, when Shuhada left the stage, she cried and Kristofferson was the one to comfort her. While it's a shame that the two's friendship has soured in the years since, this is still very, very important and I wish more men in music had that kind of support for women in music.
Kris Kristofferson might well have been a a country singer, "a star in a genre so masculine and so all-American and so Christian and against so much of what Shuhada stood for", but Kris was an outlier as he was pretty left wing back in the day, supporting the Sandinistas etc
She was right all the time and the people make fun of it all really stupid and didn’t understood what was going on at that time and days. Kris stood up for her he was a real man to do that for her. So glad we have woman and heroes like Sinead. ❤❤❤
I suppose protest singers need to only stick to the truths that are comfortable right? In the spirit of honouring Bob Dylan she was the most honest voice to pay respect.
Brave. The audience had no idea how they sided with evil when that day. How they sided with power. How they sided with child physical and sexual abuse. Their shame. I hope they made peace with their demons and eventually understood the grievous mistake they made, and stood by survivors in their families and churches.
It's no surprise that people sided with evil here; people elsewhere in the world are even siding with present-day Nazis. Her opting to sing Marley's "War" was very appropriate; there's never been peace. Sinead called it like it is.
Exceptional bravery. This world and this time need more people like her. Shame on the sheeple that booed her. I hope they watch this and see that they where on the wrong side of history. RIP Sinead. ❤
Thanks dear for all the help..go on and fight against the war in Orland.. love you dear..I will fight for you and your music.. love you rest in peace 😥
I had the privilege of seeing Sinead on 3 occasions. 2 around the Lion and one much later in Australia. She was a powerhouse of creative and cathartic passion. A wonderous honesty in a see of lambs to the slaughter. The world is brighter because of her, and darker in her absence. Watch the courage and others' shame.
Sinead was an extraordinary artist who always spoke the truth, regardless of the backlash. Energy as bright as Sinead's is never really gone, just transformed. Rest now Sinead, you inspired so much strength, love and creativity in this journey.
A true warrior. To All those who booed and whistled. How does it feel now to know she was correct. Stop listening to the media. RIP Sinéad. Nothing compares to you.
❤️A beautiful soul who found the truth Islam. Allah (God) spoke the truth...
Her voicing the Evil Systems and their oppression of the people
Especially children (naming their pedophilic institutions) made her an even bigger target...
The truth (Islam) comes at a price (death) only few in history have made such a step the likes of Malcolm X
May Allah (God) grant her Janath ul Firdos (paradise) Ameen ❤
@@ziggyaziz2689 She was 100% right about the Catholic Church and its protection of paedophile priests but get down off your high horse about Islam. The oppression the women of Iran are going thru now thanks to that Religion is a disgrace. And its not just Iran. Its Afghanistan and lots of other Muslim countries. The Hijab is a symbol of oppression and it saddened me to see Sinead in it. But no one is perfect. ALL Religions have their ways to oppress. Islam is probably the most oppressive of all right now.
In the USA, whistling means the audience likes you.
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Thank you for your comments I love it whenever anyone speaks the truth something this sweetheart stood for....
May Allah (God) bless the brave girl it's a very lonely place when you speak about these issues in the open you and your family are in the firing line of the Israeli, western governments the United Nations and their institutions all which perpetuate Evil on the children and innocent humans across the world....
For years people knew about the child abuse scandals and nothing was done. This ruined her in the US because they couldn't stand the truth, but she did the right thing and I'm glad we have people like her in the world who are prepared to make a stand.
Kind of ruined her in the us - she still sold records and had hits in the us, thou. however, maybe she would have had a bigger career
It's the same thing that's happening now with trans children. People like JK Rowling get daily abuse for saying basic things about child safeguarding.
We never learn.
@@psulionz87 She never did it for the fame or a big career anyway, she is a protest singer, an activist, she's not a popstar and she never wanted to be.
The USA in general could not get their head around the fact she refused to sing their anthem before some gig. She would not do it. One commenter, a female I might add, was told she was abused as a child and this woman said "in her case, it was justified!". In the USA it seems that the country is an extension or, even worse, the centre of your ego so it cannot be criticised. And she did. She called out artists why they weren't more vocal and outspoken against the first Gulf war....I think she is a fantastic, strong person who does not obey to what management or anyone else tries to demand from her. We need more of these people in our societies.
She is a crazy ass lunatik
Possibly the bravest live performance by a woman in history. Kris, you're a true gentleman.
second greatest performance after yoko and chuck berry of course
Very true but in this mans very humble perspective, it's more than bravery. Sinead has always held and spoke a truth.Most do this now for publicity under false virtue.This was and still is, a woman of real character and conviction who has a heart that could never be tainted or torn from the essence of where we all really should be.
@@jim7976 I agree, jim.
I remember watching this and thinking,"why the hell are the fans booing the truth?"
Sinead was 100 percent right. The fans from this concert are MAJOR hypocrites and should've apologized Sinead.
We are gonna miss her.
By a woman? By a man, as well.
@@NikoHowardKoumarianos
Are you always such an asshole
The irony that she thought she was playing to a 60's generation of love and peace, protest-friendly, Dylan fans and got boo'ed instead. I suppose it's easier coming from a man, but should a woman speak out, she's vilified. Shame on them. She had more dignity and courage in a small frame than all those people combined. Took the slings and arrows, and never compromised herself to sell a few more records. RIP Sinead. You were courage personified.
100%
They just enacted the rejection of Dylan himself...idiots
Those same 60's generation people are the same that destroyed our planet and they don't care. The Boomer generation is the most selfish generation.
Ah....I was waiting for someone to play the gender card. Sinéad would scoff at your little thoughts.
Of course. Poor women, how my heart bleeds. Dumb bitch!
Amen to that ❤️
Powerful performance. I’m glad this was saved for posterity. What a moment.
I think it was not a performance, but an atitude. I agree with you. What a moment! Respect for her courage to against all, keep her ideas, true ideas.
The most punk rock moment ever. Rip Sinead.
The most Bob Marley moment since Bob
I have been calling her punk rock ever since she was on SNL! Love the reflected sentiments
Yep. Punk is attitude first and foremost. Sinead and Bob were both punks. They spoke the truth whether you wanted to hear it or not.
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Well combine it with Dylan's lyrics for masters of war too seems appropriate for the occasion.
This woman had the heart of a lion.
Courageous and determind....you go girl!!!
Rest now with your boy.
Lovely words. You have to have the heart of a lion to endure mental illness. It comes with the script. RIP
dear god, she kept telling us and we didn't listen...RIP Sinead...your message is reaching the masses finally
Many performers suffer stage fright in front of audiences that love them.
I can't imagine how strong you would have to be to stand like she did here.
Wasn't stage fright. She stood there in defiance!
She had previously taken a stand against the Catholic church on SNL and the audience wasn't letting it go.
Yep. Her composure in the face of controversy was phenomenal.
Courage, conviction and fortitude all wrapped up in the most adorable pixie ❤🩹
right? it's stunning to watch how composed she was here. she had serious guts and perseverance. it seems like the disapproval made her performance even more fierce, if anything. i'm glad she didn't let them win and kept standing up for what's right. the world will miss you, Queen.
Wasn’t stage fright they were disrespecting her she was standing her ground
She was expecting it. She knew what the world is like. Look how people treated the unvaccinated and how they let authorities separate the dying from their loved ones.
mad respect for her. she stood up for what she believed in no matter what.
Not only what ,she, believed in but what is true and correct
She could hold her head high because she knew the truth. Safe journey beautiful warrior. You have left us for greater things. Always missed
This Black woman from NYC LOVES this Irish sister. Bless her memory.
❤ we are all one, sister. Peace and blessings.
I've never seen this before. A true, brave, artist. RIP Sinead.
This is chilling.... I can't even begin to comprehend the strength she had to stand there for all that time..... & then to press on & throw those words at them with such unrivalled power. Incredible...
I watched this several years ago and thought, my God, she looked like a queen. So poised. Amazing.
Like a soldier she is, standing for truth and justice!
Like a leader!
What a legend. People can't handle the truth.
It turns out you were right, Sinead. You were trying to raise awareness about unspeakable crimes within the church. You were actually trying to protect children and the religious bigots hated you for it. Rest in peace, Hero. ❤
It’s not just the Catholic Church, it’s also a lot of celebrities, politicians, and elites in high positions. Democrats, Republicans, independents, religious & non religious have all been fooled.
Rest in peace hero.
lol oh now you finally realize the church is full of rapists
Well said
Fuck everyone there who booed her that night. Fuck Bob Dylan too for turning a blind eye to it and not saying a goddamn thing.
One small voice among millions. One voice that stood up and renounced the child abuse that has gone on for generations. This beautiful woman had the courage that few have ever displayed. Thank you Kris for recognizing this and for being in her corner. May God Bless you beautiful lady. May you and your son rest in the arms of the Angels ❤❤
Fuck yes!!!! She was courageous and bold, despite those who tried to break her spirit from a young age. Through her trauma she rose, and shared her voice for those who had none, for the vulnerable, the abused, the disadvantaged, the underdog. It was about something much bigger than her. She was here to help open peoples eyes and she did that. RIP Sinead. May god bless all of us as we try to make sense of this earthly life.
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Sinead said during an interview she was fully practiced and prepared to sing something else - a cover of a Bob Dylan tune although I don't remember now which one - and so obviously her encore performance of 'War' was spontaneous, if not also simply perfect. And that toss of the head she does on the last note I'd say might be the most authentic moment I've ever witnessed through a film. Defiant, vulnerable, resolute, hurt, and alone. Wow.
Yes, she was suppose to sing "I Believe In You"
From her documentary. Nothing compares 2022
My song that I was supposed to sing at the Madison square Garden was 'I believe in you' . The song was to be sang in a whisper and I knew that I couldn't because I wouldn't be heard, I would have been drowned out. I couldn't have that.
@@neveramember @2445amy there is a recording of the afternoon rehearsal. Her interpration of the Dylan song was amazing.
@@andreachiodi9577 available as a bonus track on the official release (CD and Spotify) sadly not on my vinyl copy though.
I believe in you … absolutely beautiful song and was pure heaven when she sung it rehearsals
"Don't let the bastards get you down" R.I.P. Sister Sinead
this shows how passionate Sinead was for human rights and much more, a true warrior 100%
i've never seen this. i sat with my jaw open the entire time. this is easily one of the most powerful performances i've ever seen by any person. absolutely incredible. rest easy, Sinead.
Kris was actually sent out to get her off the stage. He said that he wouldn't. What he actually said to her was "don't let the bastards get you down!" It surprises me that fans of Bob Dylan... a man who was all about anti-establismentism, would be so hyper critical of Sinead. If only they knew then what we know now!
Because very few have integrity. If the mass believes one thing, so do they. Not Sinead. She has integrity, she will stand even alone, for what is JUST! 🙌🏻❤️
Illegitimum non carborundum!
Half the people were booing, but half were cheering.
These notes are important. Thanks for sharing because many people (I am included) do not know these so it is helpful to have context. I like both Sinead and Kris but didn't even know about this interaction until I watched the recent Bob Marley movie and decided to research some of the songs played in it.
I had never seen this moment in history before. What a superhuman effort to stand there and receive all that abuse and those terrible insults because she was protesting against what she fervently believed had happened and was still happening. You're a true heroine, Sinead. May God bless you and give you eternal rest. ❤❤
One of the most iconic performances in music history.
May Sinead Rest In Peace.
Right ON Sinead!!! RIP You truly courageous and ahead of your time!
Well done for her. Didn't know about this story until today. The passion on the way she shouts it. It's a protest and not a song. Also about Bob Marley, what a Legend. The lyrics of this song, so accurate, so true.
🇮🇪 To those of you who booed that night I say: Shame on you. Sinead was right all along. You were wrong. Rest in Peace dear Sinead🌹 🇮🇪
They were the child abusers booing
May Allah have mercy upon her
Thank you
Yes they should hang their heads in shame. Easy to boo in a crowd. Sinead stood on stage steadfast. She bowed to no one. One brave lady. Sinead as an Irish person very proud of you. Sleep in peace you beautiful, courageous lady. 💜🙏
So true God bless with all my heart ❤
Bob Dylan and his fan were straight up rude to Sinéad O'Connor, a protest singer (wasn't that what Bob wanted to be?) and a rebel who spoke up for civil rights and against abusers. Did she give up? Did she sell out? She did not. She endured and continued to sing protest songs.
Rest in Peace and in Power, Sinéad. ❤💚 💔💜
what does bob have to do with this, dumbass
and when did he want to be a protest singer
Thank you!!
Bob Dylan, fake american " realness "...easier to sell records by faking protest songs I guess
Beautiful
was Dylan even there? Did he Boo?
RIP - Nothing compares may be her most famous song among casual listeners .
But this moment right here thou, this moment when it feels like the whole world is against you but you spoke out what you knew was right.
And to be right years later when the truth is undeniable.
Powerful.
What a wonderful soul. Not without fears, but standing strong. This is the true bravery beyond the bare duty.
Such a strong moment,such courage,such presence,such integrity and such honesty.... ...all wich the world wasn't mature enough to handle....she is a true hero
Powerful woman who stood for her rights and freedom of speech with no compromise. Troubled, but beautiful mind with the siren voice of an archangel. I hope she found her peace.🙏🏻
Not troubled.
Just witch-hunted.
Same old, same old.
Beautifully said.
Thank you
When the Catholic Church held all the power, some four hundred years ago, she would have been burned at the stake. It is incredibly disturbing to hear a crowd in the twentieth century react in that way. She spoke the truth regardless of the impact on her, because she knew what the abuse of children was actually like. I was not a fan of her music, but I have been very moved by her tragic death and the struggles she went though which few of us perhaps really appreciate. She dies an icon. I have just watched an interview with the director of a documentary about her. She said that when she premiered the documentary in Ireland, at the moment when Sinead tore up a photo of the Pope, the entire audience stood up and cheered. It is a shame that most of those at the Dylan concert, despite Dylan being himself an iconic protest singer in his youth, did not see what she was standing for and just how right she was.
Well said
I loved this woman, but she was not right here. The Pope was no supporting the child abuse. Neither the Church. The vast majority of priest don't practice it. The Catholic Church have been suffering a discredit campaign since the XVIII century and Sinead was a prey of this campaign.
And Dylan standing in the wings doing nothing.
I lost a lot of respect for him after this.
@@bushratbeachbum Agreed. It should have been him that went out there. He should have spoken to the crowd. What she did was expose the institutionalised abuse within the Catholic Church. Dylan for all his sub-Woody Guthrie protest songs never as far as I know, make such a direct and challenging public statement.
were just a few in the crowd. hardly the whole crowd. she was being cheered in the beginning mostly.
Nothing funny about this, dude. She stood up in front of thousands of booing people who had no idea what she was fighting for and gave them a stiff "Fuck you!". She deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
DAMN STRAIGHT!!
Agree. She should still get it.
Respect Sinead!...Sound of Freedom.....
This artist new truth way before the rest of us....May she RIP with her beloved Son & may God watch over her children...Bless you Sinead. YOU WILL BE MISSED!
The bravest and best thing I have ever seen on youtube. The most benign yet powerful shepherd telling sheep how it is.....and how it should be. She was totally unique and we were utterly blessed to have had her grace our lives. Peace ❤
Just amazing. Her strength, dignity and her incredible artistry in the face of a hostile, ignorant mob, to just bust out Marley's War acapella, SMH. Thank God for the rare people like her who make a stand for the right thing and pay the price.
That´s what integrity is about. What a soul, and what a human being!! By the way, she was right...
she got tegridy
Now she's a Muslim so she doesn't care about women's and LGBTQ rights. Such a hypocrite.
What a bad ass. She was talking about things that people were completely oblivious to and didn't give a crap to understand... and they tried to destroy her for it. What do those people think about the roman church abusing children now?
It makes me angry how someone who is such a beautiful artist and popular artist a couple of years before this can get trashed by so many. And the horrible thing is you can see now what this did to her life, and now she just lost her son.
She’s strong as hell for standing like she did.
Way to go, Sinead! In their face, NO FEAR!
Yes no fear, thank you
People are afraid of the truth and bravery to talk about things that they just want to cover up! Beautiful, courageous Sinead. An inspiration.
They weren't ready for you, Sinead. And some of them still aren't. You were so far ahead of the rest of us. Good journey, beautiful angel.
" this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you" .....
You made changes in this world Sinead. You touched so many lives. I hope you are happy where you are now. It was such a successful life you had spiritually and worldly.
Sinead O´Connors se presento en el concierto tributo a Bob Dylan el 16 de octubre de 1992. Yo tuve la suerte de estar ahí junto a mi esposa y nos toco presenciar uno de los momentos mas duros, dificiles e incongruentes en la historia del rock. Se celebraban los 30 años de carrera de uno de los cantantes mas queridos, admirados, criticados y controverciales del rock, Bob Dylan quien por años canto y protesto en contra de la ijusticia y estuvo a favor de los derechos civiles y humanos. Sinead era una de las invitadas a este concierto pero cuando subio al escenario fue abucheada por mas de la mitad de los asistentes al concierto en el Madison Square Garden por que dos semanas atras rompio la foto del Papa en en el programa SNL en protesta por los abusos en contra de niños por parte de la iglesia. Aun así, Sinead tuvo el valor de enfrentar a esta terrible audiencia llena de machistas hipocritas y frasantes que no la apoyaron y no entienden que las mujeres tambien tienen el derecho de alzar la voz. Lo más triste y dificil de asimilar es que todas esas personas que abuchearon a Sinead, estaban en ese concierto mostrando respeto y admiracion por alguien que siempre ha protestado y defendido los derechos humanos. Dificil de creer. Descanse en paz Sineand O'Connors. "Nada se compara a ti"
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Gracias por la explicación.
Bien dicho.
Así son los que se creen la raza superior qué ya empiezan a dar lastima
Kris: “Don’t let the bastards get you down”
Sinead: “I’m not down!”
A defiant, proud Queen until the end 💪🏼 She fought the power and was ahead of her time. ارقد في سلام Shuhada' Sadaqat ☪️
What a perfect performance to a nation that are hell bent on war and destruction.God Bless the Irish and especially our dearly beloved Sinead.We (Irish) will love you forever RIP DARLIN xx❤xx
She was ridiculed for it. It wasn’t Bob Dylan’s finest hour. He said nothing. It was another signal that rock music was dying from within. Poor Sinead, she’s gone from one tragic episode to the next. I hope she finds peace one day.
Why was it not Bob Dylans finest hour? I'm proud of her for doing what she done and if you don't YOU are part of the problem.
@@marinaharding2789 Umm, it was his benefit, if any of the performers were to speak out over the crucifying Sinead unfairly took, yeah, should've been Bob, especially w his history of standing up against the establishment
@cwcody2364 Was he even there..? This kinda backclapping stuff really isn't his scene.
@@dylanthompson8511 Yes, he was. Kris was the only person who stood up for Sinead that night.
She was brave and courageous! 🙌🏾 She spoke the truth…! Rest with the angels
Sinéad O'Connor. 🕊️🤍🌻
An incredibly brave woman. We didn't deserve her.
That is so incredibly brave! What an impressive person, even at such a young age. Chapeau Sinead O'Connor!
A True Honorable Warrior for all good causes like many other Irish people I know greeting from Tunisia
Talk about being a friend to oppressed and powerless. Before she passed this year, showed this to my daughter as the example of strength, power and beauty when speaking truth to power. You can tell this was not Saint Sinead's first rodeo with abusive a-holes. Sweet girl be like f all ya' all❤❤❤❤
the Pope retired today, too much pressure from the truth about the Catholic church's child abuse practices. Sinead is one strong, truth telling woman.
As a matter of fact Sinead is someone I've had plenty of personal contact with, and someone I am lucky enough to have known, and I've yet to meet a human being on this earth who even slightly compares to her. She doesn't suffer fools gladly as we all know, yet too,few know also that she's a profound genius born years ahead of her time. Music aside, Sinead is a kind, warm, fragile soul who doesn't even know herself how unique she is, nor.the she has the most beautiful eyes I've ever looked into
Proof?
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Shame those who knew her couldn't help in her desperate hour of need 😢
@@shutupnewton why?
@@dianelong8892 a person ultimately makes her own decisions, especially about what one can bear
She took it on the chin and threw it back at them. What a worrier. She meandered through my life from her first appearance with the Lion and the Cobra to the end. I don't have the same struggle that she did because I'm a man but my love of the sufferer's music (reggae) was probably formed similarly to hers by singing in church and love of performing. I don't claim any similarity beyond my appreciation and awe of her magnificent fearlessness displayed here with her defiant silent receipt of the crowd's ineffective disapproval. I think she was probably supposed to sing Don't Cry for Me Argentina but this raw rendition of Bob (Marley's) War shows why she was so belovéd. Stripped down emotion and honesty with no apology (exactly as she had done the week before with the Pop's picture; well he wasn't a god was he?). I was bought up catholic too but came through unscathed; It didn't make me dislike her though. You were lovely Sinéad we will remember you forever!
She was soooo beyond her years and before her time. Her ferocity, her creed and her honesty are beyond measure. The world is a better place because of Sinéad O’Connor.
This woman was ahead of her time, it's maddening to see how the world condemned her but time proved her right and all these idiots who at some point pointed at her had to swallow their words, Sinéad O'Connor you were a brave and great woman. This world was very small for you and I hope that you and your son are in a better place, where there is happiness and no suffering. R.I.P
We have this concert on VHS. I remember watching this bit as a child and not understanding what was going on here. I remember seeing her walk off the stage and wretching. She was so vulnerable but also defiant. That look on her face at the end 😮
An irish woman. Beautiful. A brave and upright warrior. And an outstanding voice. Noone compares to you Sinead!
So much courage, bravery and integrity ♥️ rest in peace
She's the only one with true integrity!! God bless her forever! RIP with your beautiful angel wings
This woman was a warrior. She spoke truth. She had Joan of Arc energy to her.
RIP. ❤
She is everything we wish we could be. Strength, fire, truth.
Sinead…you are a warrior for real peace, justice and human hope. Thank you for giving a voice to so many!
As she's singing the last word and shooting that look at the audience around 12 sec. from the end, something kind of amazing happens. I don't know to call it - just every time I watch it, I see it.
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Forever grateful for your advocacy when nobody else would....Rest in Power Queen!
was pissed off how she was treated and I'm still pissed off,
she was an angel,she was a human being and had a voice of an angel 🙏
Sinnead will always be an inspiration to me, not only due to her incredible talent, but, due to the strength of her convictions. An amazing, brave, strong woman. Also, much respect to Kris Kristofferson for being the only one to show her any respect.
She was RIGHT!!! It is the finest blades that are most easily blunted, bent, or broken. And thank you for your initial real courage Sinead. Informing the world of factual abuse and atrocities, way before we were prepared to hear it, so forcefully. As an abused child, this warrior refused to roll a blind eye. "Through their own words, they will be exposed!" STRENGTH & COURAGE! And mental illness doesn't mean someone is "crazy or a loonie." Blessings to all! 🥰
This beautiful woman had it all, really all, what a loss. No one will ever match her.
lots of respect how she sings this with power and you can feel the sadness and anger in her voice, i love it ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ❤️
As americans we take pride in our right of freedom speech. But this is how people react when someone actually has something important to say?
Firstly she’s NOT even American why should we respect someone who doesn’t even respect our anthem. Yeah, whomever is here has every right to say whatever. And everyone else has just as much a right to trash the fck outta them.
Access denied 🙅♂️
She was far ahead of everyone else in so many respects, including this!
I was there. I was THRILLED to be in the same room as Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, et al, and I was equally thrilled when they introduced Sinead. Then the crowd, AT A BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE CONCERT of all places, originally a "protest singer"... and IN NEW YORK, a supposed liberal bastion in America, booed her practically off the stage forcing her into changing her program and quoting Bob Marley in song instead of Bob Dylan (you can hear the song she was supposed to sing, "I Believe in You" on the 2014 re-master of the album released from that concert). Kristofferson was a gem, but I've never been more embarrassed to be in a crowd. To "boo" this woman whose cause was real and true, whose talent was massive and whose presence was radiant left me so confused by what I was experiencing. Years later I interviewed her and asked about her recollections of this moment. She said "it was noise, and I've always loved noise." She was too classy to say anything negative. The fact is that she was a decade ahead of the headlines she was attempting to expose. Even though she was an early victim of cancel culture before it was called that, her shows in more recent years at the City Winery were fantastic. Sad that her gifts won't be experienced again live, but there are plenty of moments preserved in music and video... hope she's appreciated now as she certainly wasn't at Madison Square Garden that night.
The strongest, bravest musical artist in my lifetime. RIP, you deserve it.
She only told the piano player to stop when the piano music was beginning to make the audience noise drop (1:08). It seemed she oriented positively, somehow, to the authenticity of even the audience’s hostility, and when the piano started again at 1:48, she didn’t tell him to stop again until 2:12 as finally the audience noise seemed to be fading, again, and that’s when she took over and called for the mike to be turned up and put her hammer down. She was riding that intensity curve, and not letting it drop, despite the conflict, keeping the spectacle and emotion of the moment strong, all the way until her artwork came to its proper conclusion. The verses on class and race and skin color and human rights were clearly not getting through to the anti group who kept on jeering partly because of their confusion, like Sinead is supposed to be giving us anti church messages and here’s all this other stuff which we don’t understand so let’s jeer her even more due to their mental discomfort at having angry apparent-irrelevancy jammed down their throats. Only finally at 3:30 the audience turns, the not-even-getting-it and hostile crowd finally understands her point and submits to her in ultimate silence as the cheering tide rose.
It seems she had a hunger, or maybe an instinct, for authenticity and emotional intensity. For engagement. And allowed even her enemies enough rope to be hostile to her face for long long seconds, just long enough to get it out of their systems, and ultimately to turn their judgment and incomprehension of her to shame of themselves.
The greatest teaching moment I have seen. Genius.
Brilliantly put.
Well said . It was about abuse of power. If one small person can have that much power what could we do standing together?
man, I got shivers just watching this and the SNL vid. I can't imagine what it felt like for her!
Sinéad was to perform her beautiful "I Believe in You" May every person that rejected her truth & cruelly booed her now be wise to the evils she spoke of and believe her. May we have but a portion of her strength shown here. Rest In Eternal Peace. ❤🕊☮🍀
Everywhere goosebumps. THIS IS SOOOO POWERFULL!!!!!
The Dylan fans, who I guess would have described themselves as left radicals once about at time, really show their true colours here. They should really be ashamed of themselves. The look of contempt on Sineads face just before she walks off is magical.
Huge props, obviously, to Shuhada (I'd call her Ms. Sadaqat but I genuinely don't have any idea if it'd be Ms. or Mrs.) for the guts it took to do this, but I have to give a shoutout to Kris Kristofferson being so genuinely supportive of her during this. He introduces her with this tone that makes me feel he has an immense respect for her as a performer, and it's a shame that this cuts the beginning of that introduction, "I’m real proud to introduce this next artist whose name became synonymous with courage and integrity", and when the crowd's noise is so thunderous she can't even begin to perform, he comes up and tells her "Don't let the bastards keep you down". Dude was a country singer, a star in a genre so masculine and so all-American and so Christian and against so much of what Shuhada stood for, in particular what she stood for with the SNL performance and this performance, but here he is comforting and supporting her with genuine warmth, like a father to a daughter, like a teacher to a student, a friend. After the performance, when Shuhada left the stage, she cried and Kristofferson was the one to comfort her. While it's a shame that the two's friendship has soured in the years since, this is still very, very important and I wish more men in music had that kind of support for women in music.
Memorable night, Kris Kristofferson helping her off the stage, she was trembling and too shaken to walk by herself.
Kris Kristofferson might well have been a a country singer, "a star in a genre so masculine and so all-American and so Christian and against so much of what Shuhada stood for", but Kris was an outlier as he was pretty left wing back in the day, supporting the Sandinistas etc
She was right all the time and the people make fun of it all really stupid and didn’t understood what was going on at that time and days. Kris stood up for her he was a real man to do that for her. So glad we have woman and heroes like Sinead. ❤❤❤
she didn't insult a billion people. she insulted one man. to think otherwise would be toxic masculinity rearing its ugly egotistical head.
Yeah, it’s always best to keep your mouth and let abusers carry on abusing.
I suppose protest singers need to only stick to the truths that are comfortable right? In the spirit of honouring Bob Dylan she was the most honest voice to pay respect.
Weird, why would a bob Dylan, a Jew have a fierce catholic fanbase?
@@mberg9076I disagree. She had the courage of her convictions. Bravo to her.
Respect for this beautiful from inside as wel outside woman!❤❤❤❤❤ the song is still very actual!
Brave. The audience had no idea how they sided with evil when that day. How they sided with power. How they sided with child physical and sexual abuse. Their shame. I hope they made peace with their demons and eventually understood the grievous mistake they made, and stood by survivors in their families and churches.
So what you are basically saying is that the entire audience were wrong and she was right.....I don't think so! 3:42
@@derekcresswell3453 What exactly were the boo-ers in the audience right about then?
It's no surprise that people sided with evil here; people elsewhere in the world are even siding with present-day Nazis. Her opting to sing Marley's "War" was very appropriate; there's never been peace. Sinead called it like it is.
@@derekcresswell3453 and that's why we have direct democracy right? oh wait...
Exceptional bravery. This world and this time need more people like her. Shame on the sheeple that booed her. I hope they watch this and see that they where on the wrong side of history. RIP Sinead. ❤
Thanks dear for all the help..go on and fight against the war in Orland.. love you dear..I will fight for you and your music.. love you rest in peace 😥
Be brave enough to stand up for what is right , even if your in the minority, block out the noise , stand strong , rest in peace sinead ❤️☘️
I had the privilege of seeing Sinead on 3 occasions. 2 around the Lion and one much later in Australia. She was a powerhouse of creative and cathartic passion. A wonderous honesty in a see of lambs to the slaughter. The world is brighter because of her, and darker in her absence. Watch the courage and others' shame.
Sinead was an extraordinary artist who always spoke the truth, regardless of the backlash. Energy as bright as Sinead's is never really gone, just transformed. Rest now Sinead, you inspired so much strength, love and creativity in this journey.
Unbelievable how much courage she had to do that.
Awesome. Principled, defiiant & a true artist.
RIP
If those people were true Dylan fans, they wouldn't have booed.
Never understood the reaction this ‘rock & roll audience’ she was ideal rock n roll hero💚
My personal hero and one of the great Irish heroes.
Wow. Knowing the back-story of this makes this even more powerful. What an amazing women.
The defiant look on her face at 3:37 is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.